BDS stands for Bachelor of Dental surgery. It is a clinical field of surgery associated with mouth and dealing with the injuries related to teeth, jaw, and gums. It is a 5 year undergraduate degree program in dentistry to prepare students for successful career as a dental health practitioner.
The Government Dental College in Bangalore is one of the first few dental colleges in the country post independence and the first dental college in Karnataka to have started in 1958 with its beautiful stone walled building and campus. Within a very short period of time GDC gained lot of importance with its service to humanity mainly through best dental education to its students and catering to the needs of the population in and around Karnataka through efficient oral health care delivery. Government Dental-college-Building-Bangalore.
This repute and credentials of the GDC was the reason for the expert committee of World Health Organisation(WHO) to visit this college as a centre and choose this institution amongst several institutions throughout the Southeast Asia to establish a Service clinic in the college and also recommended the starting of the Post graduate programme in the subject of Preventive and social dentistry for the first time in our country.
GDC caters not only to caters to the patients who visit this institute but also caters to the patients visiting Bowring Hospital ,Jayanagar General Hospital, K C General Hospital, and also the dental clinic set up at the Central Prison ,Bangalore.
All the departments are today well equipped in terms of the infrastructure and equipments as prescribed by the Dental council of India .It has in place the internet and intranet facilities designed for the whole college along with the Digital library with the Helinet subscription by the RGUHS enabling students to access all the sciences/ dental journals worldwide under one roof.
GDC has a policy of funding the educational expenses of the poor and meritorious students enrolled to the college by the State Government.
GDC was considered as an Autonomous institute by the Govt. of Karnataka in 2007 and renamed as Government Dental College & Research Institute (GDCRI).
Government Dental College & Research Institute Vijaya Nagar, Cantonment, Ballari, Karnataka 583276, India